 | The Allegory of Female Authority: Christine de Pizan''s @quot;Cité des Dames@quot; Subjects: Christine de Pisan ca. 1364-ca. 1431. Livredela cité des dames; Feminism and literature -- France -- History; Women and literature -- France -- History; Authorship -- Sex differences; Authority in literature; Women in literature; Allegory; The first professional female writer, Christine de Pizan (1363-1431) was widowed at age twenty-five and supported herself and her family by enlisting powerful patrons for her poetry. Her Livre de la Cité des Dames (1405) is the earliest European work... Maureen Quilligan is Howard E. and Judith Steinberg Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of The Allegory of Female Authority: Christine de Pizan's Cité des Dames . |
